Saturday, December 8, 2012

A Visit to Gray's

Earlier in the week, my Mom and I headed to Gray's (a local nursery) to purchase a wreath.

Gray's had wreathes tailored to the tastes to avid University of Oregon Football fans!

This wreath, however, is more along the lines of what we chose.

The state of Oregon is one of the largest growers of Christmas trees in the US. Holiday Farms in Corvallis, OR will ship one million Christmas trees this year. 45% of the trees go to California, 35% go to other US destinations, and 20% go to Mexico.

If a large tree does not work for you, then how about a Rosemary Christmas tree?

Decorating in the Pacific NW should include fir and pine cones.

Yes, the University of Oregon decorating theme continues. The football team finished the year ranked #4 and is headed off to the Fiesta Bowl on January 3, 2013.

Do you remember Norman Gnome? I'm thinking this fellow might make a good companion for him!

With recent improvement in hybridization techniques, Poinsettias are now available in red, and pink, and cream...

I know, I know...but we are all about the Ducks here in Eugene, OR.

This tree was more to my tastes - I like the mix of birds and birdhouses.

This reminds me of our local nursery chain in the Atlanta area - Pike Nurseries. We just went there last night to get our wreath. We walked through the tree department and wow, did it smell good in there! Love the photos you took.Cathy

Such a beautiful garden center. Can you believe I actually mailed two boxes of the huge pine cones they have in Alabama back home. My DH says I have pine cones from all over the US. Oh well, they are a weakness of mine!